Manuscript for "Japanese Diplomatic Secrets 1921-22" by Marie Stuart Klooz / Herbert O. Yardley

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From: <requests@muckrock.com>
Date: Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 5:34 PM
Subject: Freedom of Information Request: Manuscript for "Japanese
Diplomatic Secrets 1921-22" by Marie Stuart Klooz / Herbert O. Yardley
To: foia@nara.gov

June 28, 2016
National Archives and Records Administration
FOIA Officer
National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road, Room 3110
College Park, MD 20740

To Whom It May Concern:

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request
the following records:

The manuscript for Marie Stuart Klooz's "Japanese Diplomatic Secrets,
1921-22", which was confiscated by the U.S. Attorney's office on Feb. 20,
1933, then declassified on March 2, 1979 and released to author James
Bamford (The Puzzle Palace, 1982). Note that Klooz is the listed author,
though the actual author is acknowledged to be Herbert O. Yardley.

Subsequent reports indicate that the manuscript was in the possession of
the National Archives, "in Record Group 60, Department of Justice Straight
Numerical File, No. 235334.

- http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0161-118291856920 [DAVID KAHN (1982) A NEW
SOURCE FOR HISTORIANS: YARDLEY'S SEIZED MANUSCRIPT, Cryptologia, 6:2,
115-119, DOI: 10.1080/0161-118291856920]

A bibliographic reference "Japanese Diplomatic Secrets" can be found
online:
https://books.google.com/books/about/Japanese_Diplomatic_Secrets_1921_22.html?id=PcGgtwAACAAJ

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and
this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform
me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer
the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or
CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I
look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business
days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Dan Nguyen

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Hi,
I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
for Marie Stuart Klooz's "Japanese Diplomatic Secrets, 1921-22." I am
sorry that we never received your original request. We have logged in your
request on January 30, 2018 and assigned it FOIA case tracking number RD
55919. An archivist will be in touch with you regarding the request as
soon as possible.

If you have any questions, or would like to track the status of your
request, you can contact us at specialaccess_foia@nara.gov or by calling
301.837.3190.

Thank you!
Jessie
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Jessie Hartman
Government Information Specialist
Special Access and FOIA Branch
National Archives at College Park
301.837.1905

Reply to RDT2 18-20048HJM

FOIA Case #55919

February 5, 2018

Dear Mr. Nguyen,

This is in response to your June 29, 2018 Freedom of Information Act
Request (RD55919) regarding *Japanese Diplomatic Secrets, 1921-1922. *Your
request was forwarded to our unit for response on February 1, 2018.

This record is in the custody of the National Archives at College Park,
among Record Group 60: General Records of the Department of Justice.
Specially, the record is *Straight Numerical File #235334*.

The file is specially protected. Therefore, it is not available for
immediate access. I have attached and submitted a request form on your
behalf. Please expect a response directly from my colleagues who work with
this material, once it has been made available digitally. You may find a
full citation for the file on the attached form as well.

We are happy to assist you in any additional research questions you may
have and hope this has been helpful in your search. We do not consider this
a denial of your FOIA request. However, if you are not satisfied with our
action on this request, your options for appeal and dispute resolution are
outlined in the attached enclosure.

Sincerely,

HALEY J. MAYNARD
Archives II Reference Branch (RDT2)
National Archives at College Park, MD

Please see dispute and resolution instructions attached.
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Haley J Maynard | archivist
Textual Reference Operations
National Archives at College Park, MD
301.837.0569

Mr. Nguyen,

Thank you for following up on this request. These records are currently
under consideration to be moved from Specially Protected space here in
College Park, making them available to the public in our Research Room.
This has caused the delay. We apologize that you did not receive an update.

We will contact you when we know more about accessing these records, or
when they are ready to be reproduced for you.

Sincerely,
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Haley J Maynard | archivist
Textual Reference Operations
National Archives at College Park, MD
301.837.0569

Mr. Nguyen,

Thanks for your patience as we determined be best way to manage these
records. I wanted to let you know that the material is now available for
researcher use in our Textual Research Room at NARA College Park. The two
boxes have been removed from our Specially Protected spaces, and has been
made accessible via regular procedures. The series is two full boxes,
totally approximately 3000 pages.

The full citation is below, for your reference:

*RG 60*
*A1 112 G*
*Department of Justice Straight Numerical File, No. 235334 *
*"Manuscript for "Japanese Diplomatic Secrets 1921-22" by Marie Stuart
Klooz / Herbert O. Yardley*

We would be happy to make the records available to you. Please let us know
if you have additional questions.

Sincerely,
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Haley J Maynard | archivist
Textual Reference Operations
National Archives at College Park, MD

Good morning, Mr. Nguyen

Thank you for reaching out regarding the Klootz manuscript. In my initial
correspondence, I mentioned the possibility of scans because at the time,
those two boxes were still Specially Protected. Specially Protected records
are not made available for physical researcher use and, can therefore not
be "pulled" from our vault holdings. When researchers request Specially
Protected material, the National Archives makes an effort to reproduce the
records in digital form, so that researchers may be able to view that
material.

However, since the manuscript was recently (March 15) removed from our
Specially Protected stack location, they were not digitized. Therefore, the
records must be accessed via standard procedures. The series is two full
boxes, totally approximately 3000 pages. We can produce a invoice for you,
if you'd like to purchase a copy of the material either in paper or digital
form. The NARA fee schedule is $.80 per page. A less expensive option may
be to hire a researcher who is able to scan or copy the records on your
behalf.
https://www.archives.gov/research/hire-help

Let me know if there's anything else we can do for you.

Sincerely,
--
Haley J Maynard | archivist
Textual Reference Operations
National Archives at College Park, MD
301.837.0569